coketag:blogs.perl.org,2009-11-03:/users/coke//1272011-08-19T13:00:02ZA blog about the Perl programming languageMovable Type Pro 4.38famfamfam flags, revisitedtag:blogs.perl.org,2011:/users/coke//127.21182011-08-19T12:53:32Z2011-08-19T13:00:02ZMy department gets a lot of use out of the famfamfam flag set, but we actually needed some of the oddballs like Guernsey. So I used perl and whipped up a script to generate the CSS sprite image & CSS...coke
My department gets a lot of use out of the famfamfam flag set, but we actually needed some of the oddballs like Guernsey.

So I used perl and whipped up a script to generate the CSS sprite image & CSS out of the raw images, so I can easily drop in new flags, and regenerate a new, versioned sprite set.

... Of course, I still could use some help drawing some very very small flags.

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Parrot 3.7.0 "Wanda" releasedtag:blogs.perl.org,2011:/users/coke//127.21052011-08-17T01:37:18Z2011-08-17T01:38:15Zhttp://www.parrot.org/news/2011/Parrot-3.7.0 Expect a new version of the Rakudo Perl 6 compiler to follow shortly....coke
http://www.parrot.org/news/2011/Parrot-3.7.0

Expect a new version of the Rakudo Perl 6 compiler to follow shortly.

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Fundraising idea for YAPC?tag:blogs.perl.org,2010:/users/coke//127.9542010-08-27T19:04:49Z2010-08-27T19:07:38Z Poker tourney with buyins going to the TPF, and higher end schwag going to the winners?...coke
Poker tourney with buyins going to the TPF, and higher end schwag going to the winners?]]>
Announce: Rakudo Star - a useful, usable, "early adopter" distribution of Perl 6tag:blogs.perl.org,2010:/users/coke//127.8072010-07-29T14:08:25Z2010-07-29T16:03:57ZFrom pmichaud's announcement: Submitted by pmichaud on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 05:18 On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm happy to announce the July 2010 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable distribution of Perl 6....coke
From pmichaud's announcement:

Submitted by pmichaud on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 05:18

On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm happy to announce the July 2010 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable distribution of Perl 6. The tarball for the July 2010 release is available from http://github.com/rakudo/star/downloads.

Rakudo Star is aimed at "early adopters" of Perl 6. We know that it still has some bugs, it is far slower than it ought to be, and there are some advanced pieces of the Perl 6 language specification that aren't implemented yet. But Rakudo Perl 6 in its current form is also proving to be viable (and fun) for developing applications and exploring a great new language. These "Star" releases are intended to make Perl 6 more widely available to programmers, grow the Perl 6 codebase, and gain additional end-user feedback about the Perl 6 language and Rakudo's implementation of it.

On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I'm happy to announce the
July 2010 development release of Rakudo Perl #31 "Atlanta".
Rakudo is an implementation of Perl 6 on the Parrot Virtual Machine
(see http://www.parrot.org). The tarball for the July 2010 release
is available from http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/downloads.

Please note: This is not the Rakudo Star release, which is scheduled
for July 29, 2010. The Star release will include the compiler, an
installer, modules, a book (PDF), and more.

The Rakudo Perl compiler follows a monthly release cycle, with each release named after a Perl Mongers group. The July 2010 release is code named "Atlanta" in recognition of Atlanta.pm and their Perl 5 Phalanx project, which they selected for its benefits to Perl 6.

Some of the specific changes and improvements occurring with this
release include:

Rakudo now properly constructs closures in most instances.

Undefined objects can now autovivify into arrays or hashes when
subscripted with .[ ] or .{ }.

The next release of Rakudo (#32) is scheduled for August 19, 2010.
A list of the other planned release dates and code names for 2010 is
available in the "docs/release_guide.pod" file. In general, Rakudo
development releases are scheduled to occur two days after each
Parrot monthly release. Parrot releases the third Tuesday of each month.

Have fun!

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Parrot 2.6.0 "Red-rumped" supported release.tag:blogs.perl.org,2010:/users/coke//127.7752010-07-21T04:20:32Z2010-07-21T04:47:33ZWhat we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. --T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm happy to...coke
What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from.
--T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm happy to announce Parrot 2.6.0 "Red-rumped." Parrot (http://parrot.org/) is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

Parrot 2.6.0 is available on Parrot's FTP site, or follow the download instructions at http://parrot.org/download. For those who would like to develop on Parrot, or help develop Parrot itself, we recommend using Subversion on the source code repository to get the latest and best Parrot code.

Many thanks to all our contributors for making this possible. Our next scheduled release is 17 August 2010.

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Albany.pm - Capdist, NY Perl Mongers meetingtag:blogs.perl.org,2010:/users/coke//127.7552010-07-15T19:27:09Z2010-07-15T19:42:01ZThere will be a Albany, NY Perl Mongers meeting the last week of July 2010 to get things rolling again after a very long hiatus. Sign up on the mailing list, or stop by on irc (irc.perl.org / #albany.pm) to...coke
There will be a Albany, NY Perl Mongers meeting the last week of July 2010 to get things rolling again after a very long hiatus. Sign up on the mailing list, or stop by on irc (irc.perl.org / #albany.pm) to find out more details!]]>
App::SVNBinarySearch is going away...tag:blogs.perl.org,2010:/users/coke//127.872010-03-29T13:53:39Z2010-03-29T23:58:39Z... Replaced by the superior App::SVN::Bisect by Infinoid. Infinoid's svn-bisect, now at 1.0, provides a 'run' option, just like git bisect. This is the only feature I had that he did not, and he provides many more, including a nicer...coke
... Replaced by the superior App::SVN::Bisect by Infinoid.

Infinoid's svn-bisect, now at 1.0, provides a 'run' option, just like git bisect. This is the only feature I had that he did not, and he provides many more, including a nicer API (based on git's), and smarter binary search (only searching those revisions involved in the folder you're working in.)